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  1. Bertz
    Looking these guys over....Cubs equivalent looks something like Southisene, Snell, and Kipp?
  2. Bertz
    Oh weird they seemed so confident he was going to get them a top 100 guy and more
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    Fun thing about the Angels guys is you can play the same game with them. I am all for Pitching Chaos in October. Game 2 of that Padres/Cubs series where we saw I think one fastball under 97 MPH is forever going to be seared into my brain. 3 IP of Soriano airing it out followed by 2 IP each from Cabrera and Brown topped off by Morejon and Palencia. Who the hell is going to do anything against that?
  5. Bertz
    Alcantara is absolutely the right sized trade piece to headline a deal for one of the rental SPs or frontline RPs. Pretty comparable to Ayers and Kepley IMO.
  6. Bertz
    Soriano is 18th in MLB in innings since the start of last year, tied with Tarik Skubal and ahead of guys like Freddy Peralta, Dylan Cease, and Joe Ryan. I don't like that he has two TJ's under his belt either but let's not go overboard.
  7. Bertz
    Soriano and Detmers are basically the same guy IMO. Soriano has more health risk Detmers has more performance risk.
  8. Bertz
    If you get one of the Angels guys for a Kepley/Ayers led package I'd feel pretty empowered to go HAM on a reliever/rental starter deal. Go do Gausman/Hoffman or Peralta/Weaver after.
  9. Bertz
    Nah his hard hit and barrel rates are perfectly average. He's just turned 27 and was a top prospect. Not at all dissimilar story to Ben Brown.
  10. Bertz
    I'll say Kirby and if god willing the Reds are willing to trade Greene in division are the only guys I move Pedro for. He's not some uniquely amazing player but he is a uniquely good roster fit and we have enough guys of sufficient value to get a Detmers or whomever.
  11. Bertz
    Let me turn this around on you, why would they? Try to find a comparable trade deadline deal from years past.
  12. Bertz
    Passan says it's done. Looking forward to the meltdowns lol
  13. Bertz
    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7485963/2026/08/01/cubs-pitching-trade-deadline-plans/ Not gonna lie this reads like the plan is one of the Angels guys, one of Gausman/Peralta/Holmes, and a closer caliber reliever. Which if they actually do all that....holy horsefeathers
  14. Bertz
    L O L I know Getz's start to his tenure was rocky but it seemed like he fully had his crap together by this point.
  15. Bertz
    YES PLEASE Hoffman has had a rollercoaster last ~15 months but for the most part he's a monster.
  16. Bertz
    I knew Luis Castillo was diminished but yeeeeesh he's fallen off. I'd like to think the Sox are getting some cash in the deal?
  17. Bertz
    Do we know what we're working with stuff-wise with Noah Edders? Because the numbers are starting to trend in a really fun direction. Since the start of June: 26.8% K, 7.9% BB, 3.15 ERA
  18. Bertz
    Snell 3/3 so far with 2 SBs Dude is on fire
  19. Bertz
    As a pitcher he's legit but he throws hard as hell and he's already had had two TJs which gives me the heebie jeebies. I'd probably prefer any of the other multi-year starters over him, but I'd much rather have Soriano than any of the rentals?
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    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/mlb-trades-deadline-2026-rumors-transactions-analysis/wFlwrdzNLbnb/ Two starters LFG
  21. Bertz
    Morejon's a monster, an order of magnitude better than Luke Weaver and without the rollercoaster-esque performance of Jeff Hoffman's last year and a half. And so he's going to be expensive, you could argue for a Top 100 guy honestly. Pretty hard bar to clear for a reliever One of the nice things about the Padres is their org is really stripped down right now. So I'm wondering if you can do a bit more of a deal centered around quantity (4 or 5 for 1) and hold more of your blue chips in reserve. That is fairly antithetical to Preller but they are REALLY overleveraged right now.
  22. Bertz
    I'd be aghast if the Cubs settled for Kremer but as someone who thinks HR/FB rates are mostly RNG he's a nifty pickup for a bubble team like the Twins.
  23. Bertz
    It's definitely been zero power production to this point, though the little bit of exit velo data we've gotten on him has been decent and not indicative that he's physically limited to the extent of e.g. Nick Madrigal. But it's been very good production from a 20 year old who it sounds like should be able to stick at shortstop (though maybe be more comfortably plus at 2B). 0 homerun power is a non-starter in the big leagues, but if a little more physical development plus a little bit more lift+pull in the approach can get him up to 5-10 homers a year the rest of the package is pretty attractive. Like Xavier Edwards doesn't feel like an unreasonable outcome?
  24. Bertz
    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7483744/2026/07/31/cubs-bullpen-injuries-trade-deadline/ Fun read. Adrian Morejon gets a lot of ink
  25. Bertz
    Glad to see he has the post-blister velocity right from the jump
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